Shemakha
a town in Transcauin Transcau- 70 miles from Baku; 2,230 feet above the level of the Black Sea. It has numerous and public buildings; and is the capital ruins of large caravansaries, churches, , churches, of Shirvan. In February, 1902, it was visited by a great earthquake, in which 4,000 houses were destroyed and 2,000 people perished . Pop. about 23,000.
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